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Preparing for a family portrait is not for the faint of heart. If you done it even once, you know this. It's not as easy as it looks, is it? Especially if you, mom, or dad, are the ones with the nice camera on a tripod with a timer, trying to get everyone to look AT THE SAME TIME!? HOW HARD CAN IT BE, RIGHT?

You have booked your session. CONGRATULATIONS. You are about to experience a completely custom, unique-to-you makeover and photoshoot to create gorgeous fine art portraits that show you off to the world!

So... now what?

Now..... you prepare. Just a few things to do as you get ready for your big day!

Some of you have been following this blog since 2013 where I weekly blogged our 6-week spring/summer trip from Minneapolis to the west coast to the southwest. So in the spirit of 2013, I'm thrilled to share some images from our trip.

Sometimes headshot and personal branding isn't supposed to be suit-and-tie, all buttoned up, clean shaven. Sometimes they are supposed to look like you got up and walked of the Art of Manliness blog and sat down in a photo studio.

She never liked herself in portraits. She'd been told that she wasn't "photogenic". Her husband loved the glamour shots she'd had done 20 years back, but her friends thought she was crazy to have her portrait done.

"There's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin.”